Welcome to Introduction to Women and Gender Studies!

Listen. To yourself. To each other. We are not looking for "the right answer." We are teaching our brains how to think well.Brains are like children; they both love to learn and resist it.

Arrive on time. Participate. Read a lot. Think.

Course Description: Introduction to Women & Gender Studies and Introduction to Sexuality Studies will provide an introduction to fundamental concepts of this interdisciplinary field. In order to pass these courses, students must demonstrate competency in the following:

KnowledgeFamiliarity with an overview of the history of the U.S. women's movement and key concepts of feminist theory, including sex, gender, feminisms, sexuality, gender identity and expressions, oppression, intersectionality (intersections of gender with other social constructs), social constructionism, and global women’s issues

Skills

1) ability to perform feminist analysis2) use of gender as an analytic category3) capacity to think critically, construct an argument, and write coherently.